John Gay — Poems on Several Occasions

London, H. Lintot, J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper , 1752-1753. Leather. Henry Lintot's two-volume edition of John Gay's chief poems, complete with decorative pieces and two engraved plates. A reissue of the 1752 London edition, with the title page to Volume I partly reset to read 1753.  Complete in two volumes.  ESTC No.T13901 In a contemporary full calf binding, with raised bands. Bound with the original endpapers.  Engraved head and tail pieces and intitials. Frontispiece to Vol. I and one further plate facing p. 143 to Vol. II. Collated, complete.  Half titles for each of the poems.  Comprising the writings of prominent English poet and dramatist John Gay, including, but not limited to 'Rural Sports, a Georgic', 'The Shepherds Week', 'Epistle to a Lady', 'The Tea-Table, a Town Eclogue', 'Sweet William's Farewell, a Ballad', and 'Daphnis and Cupid&apos.  In a contemporary full calf binding, with raised bands. Bound with the original endpapers. Externally, offsetting to the front boards and significant rubbing to the extremities. Loss to the head and tail of the spines. Joints are strained. Internally, gutter cracked slightly between pp. 146-147 of Volume I, otherwise firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean, with offsetting to the endpapers and light spotting to the first and last couple leaves. Contemporary ink inscription to both title pages. Good Only . Ill.: None. Good Only .